Predation of grey seals by great white sharks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence: an increasing cause of mortality?
During the summer of 2023, the Réseau québécois d’urgence des mammifères marins (RQUMM) received reports of several suspected cases of…
Carnivorous Cervids—aka bone munching deer
In July, a mule deer doe (Odocoileus hemionus) was euthanized by Alberta Fish and Wildlife due to poor body condition…
A Human Outbreak of Shigellosis Reveals the Variety of Infectious Organisms Carried in Wild Urban Rat Feces
A rat darts down your grimy city sidewalk. While rats have notoriously spread the Black Death across Medieval Europe, what…
CWHC participates in the delivery of BC bat capture course
Nobody is born a bat researcher but with the right training, anyone can become a bat researcher. That is, as…
Welfare and Handling Recommendations for Bat Censuses in Canada
It is with great pleasure that we announce the availability of “Welfare and Handling Recommendations for Bat Censuses in Canada”…
Glue traps result in animal cruelty
Earlier this summer three, 6 week old red squirrels were brought to the Atlantic Veterinary College Wildlife Service in PEI.…
West Nile virus detected in Saskatchewan wild birds
CWHC Western/Northern has detected West Nile virus in six dead wild birds from Saskatoon and Outlook, Saskatchewan. The first of…
CWHC Annual General Meeting
In June of this year, the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative had its first annual general meeting since the pandemic. Staff…
A rare find in our lab after Hurricane Fiona – a White-tailed tropicbird.
As part of the ongoing National Avian Influenza Virus Surveillance Program, CWHC-Atlantic received a large shipment of birds recently from…
Symposium béluga 2023 – participation de l’équipe du RCSF-Québec
Du 3 au 5 mai dernier se tenait le Symposium béluga 2023 à Montréal. Ce symposium réunissait les principaux chercheurs…